The highest increases in production in construction in EU were recorded in Sweden (10%), followed by the Netherlands (8.2%), Spain (3.2%) and France (3%), and the largest decreases in Slovakia (-22.1%), Poland (-18%), Bulgaria (-14%), Hungary (-12.8%) and Slovenia (-12.5%).
In October 2016 compared with October 2015, production in construction grew by 2.2% in the euro area and by 1.1% in the EU.